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No. 288,563. Patented NQV. 13, 1888. 4

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SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No."288,563, dated November `13, 1,883.

" Application fncainay 14,1823. (No mdem .To alla/hom it mayconcern:` k

Be it knwn that I, `J Aeon FOLANT, of Rolling Prairie, inthe county of La `Porte and State of Indiana, have inventedcertain Anew and useful Improvements in Axles and I" do hereby declare the `followin g to bea full, clear, and-exact description `of the inventiomsuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention" relates to axles for vehicles, the object beingto rigidly securefthe hubs of wheels uponthe axle and to form tlielatterin secti0ns,with the bearingboxes arranged on the inner sides of the wheels, and so constructed as to form `clips for the attachment of thethills and hounds or connectingbraces ofthe runninggeaizj The invention consists in the novel construc-` tion and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the, claims.4

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of the running-gear of a vehicle provided with my improved'axles. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the axle, and Fig. 3 illustrates oneof the axle-bearings detached.

\ A `A represent axle studs or spindles, whose outer ends are passed through the hubs of the wheels, and are screw threaded `to receive nuts a a, `to retain the wheels thereon. Each of said spindles is provided with a collar, B, formed on the inner side of the hub, and

` adapted to bear against the latter, and with an inner collar, O, arranged a sufficientdis- Vtance from the collar B to leave `a space, I), between the collars for the attachment of the bearing-boxes. The inner ends of the spindles A A project into a tube, D, which forms the body of the axle, and whose 'ends bear against the inner edges of the collar C C. If desired, one of the spindles may be rigidly secured within the tube, the other being left free to revolve therein. y

E E represent the combined bearing-boxes and clips,lformed in semicircular sections, as shown in Fig` 3, and the ends of each section are interiorly recessed to form shoulders e e, which bear `.against the collars B and C of the axlespindles. The boxsections are applied one beneath and one above the axle, `to embracethe spacesb, formed between the collars 5o of the latter,` and are secured together byV screws 1)",1and held againstlateral movement by thecollarsB and C. The under section of eachbox is provided with upwardly-project,-

ing perforated lugs b2 712, to receive a screw or 55 bolt b3 passinoP throiwh aclip or bracket, b4,

i i ta t secured tothe holsters of the vehicle to secure thebox thereto, and `each section is fformed lars, C C, limit the insertion of the stubs within 7o the tubular body and avoid the employment of a central journal-box.

The invention is applicable to road-wagons of all kinds, and is susceptible of many slight alterations and modifications in its details of form and construction; hence I do not"limit myself tothe precise construction here shown and described, but-reserve to myself the right to make all such slight changes as may properl y fall within the scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, isfl. The combination, with an axle consisting of a tubular body and spindles supported at their inner ends within said tube, the outer ends of the spindles being provided with collars, of sectional bearing-boxes adapted to en# circle the spindles between the collars formed thereon, and provided with perforated lugs for the attachment of the braces of the running-gear, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with `an axle consistV ing of a tubular body and spindles, whose inner ends have bearing in said tubular body, and whose outer ends are screw-threaded and 2 A 2ss,56e

formed with collars7 as described, of sectional In testimony whereof I have signed this bearing-boxes adapted to embrace the spaces specification in the presence of two subscrib- 1o between said collars, and formed integrally ing Witnesses. with upwardly-projectinv` perforated luo's for ,A

5 the attachment of the boxes to the Veljiicle- JACOB FOLANT' holsters, and forwardly-projecting lugs or clips XVitnesses: to secure the thills or hounds of the vehicle, NV. G. VEssELs, substantially as set forth. D. J. MCMURRAY. 

